Patents Assigned to RZNOMICS INC.
  • Patent number: 11939580
    Abstract: A self-circularization RNA construct that can be expressed in a DNA vector and simultaneously circularized through a self-targeting and splicing reaction to form a circRNA is disclosed. The circRNA can consist only of a gene of interest which can be a coding, non-coding, or a combination thereof. The gene of interest has the advantage of being able to rapidly express a peptide or protein. The formed circRNA has a circular structure and has a stable and high half-life because 5? and 3? ends are not exposed. Accordingly, functional RNA such as miRNA, anti-miRNA, siRNA, shRNA, aptamer, functional RNA for gene/RNA editing, ADAR (adenosine deaminase acting on the RNA)-recruiting RNA, mRNA vaccine, mRNA therapeutic agent, vaccine adjuvant, and CAR-T mRNA can be produced as a stable circRNA in cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Rznomics Inc.
    Inventors: Seong-Wook Lee, Kyung Hyun Lee, Seung Ryul Han, Ji Hyun Kim, Seongcheol Kim
  • Publication number: 20230390320
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a cancer-specific trans-splicing ribozyme and a use thereof. The trans-splicing ribozyme does not act on normal tissues but is specifically expressed in cancer tissues, and thus the safety thereof is high and the expression efficiency thereof is excellent at the post-transcription level, and one or more target genes are connected to the 3? exon of the ribozyme so that a cancer therapeutic gene and an immune checkpoint inhibitor are expressed together when applied in vivo, and thus the present disclosure can be effectively used in cancer treatment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2022
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Applicant: Rznomics Inc.
    Inventors: Seong-Wook LEE, Eun Yi CHO, Tae Young KIM, Hye Rim PARK
  • Publication number: 20230212574
    Abstract: A self-circularization RNA construct that can be expressed in a DNA vector and simultaneously circularized through a self-targeting and splicing reaction to form a circRNA is disclosed. The circRNA can consist only of a gene of interest which can be a coding, non-coding, or a combination thereof. The gene of interest has the advantage of being able to rapidly express a peptide or protein. The formed circRNA has a circular structure and has a stable and high half-life because 5? and 3? ends are not exposed. Accordingly, functional RNA such as miRNA, anti-miRNA, siRNA, shRNA, aptamer, functional RNA for gene/RNA editing, ADAR (adenosine deaminase acting on the RNA)-recruiting RNA, mRNA vaccine, mRNA therapeutic agent, vaccine adjuvant, and CAR-T mRNA can be produced as a stable circRNA in cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2022
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Applicant: Rznomics Inc.
    Inventors: Seong-Wook LEE, Kyung Hyun LEE, Seung Ryul HAN, Ji Hyun KIM, Seongcheol KIM
  • Patent number: 11504388
    Abstract: A trans-splicing ribozyme capable of splicing a rhodopsin transcript at a target splicing site and containing a sequence that is capable of complementarily binding to a target binding site of the rhodopsin transcript is disclosed. The trans-splicing ribozyme may further containing a desired rhodopsin transcript at 3?-end. The trans-splicing ribozyme may further contains an antisense sequence that is complementary to a region downstream the target binding site of the rhodopsin transcript. A nucleotide molecule encoding the trans-splicing ribozyme is also disclosed. Delivery systems to delivery the nucleotide molecule and/or the trans-splicing ribozyme to target tissue or cells as well as uses of the trans-splicing ribozyme, the nucleotide molecule, delivery systems, or pharmaceutical compositions containing any of them are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: Rznomics Inc.
    Inventors: Seong-Wook Lee, Ji Hyun Kim, Seung Ryul Han
  • Publication number: 20220117996
    Abstract: A trans-splicing ribozyme capable of splicing a rhodopsin transcript at a target splicing site and containing a sequence that is capable of complementarily binding to a target binding site of the rhodopsin transcript is disclosed. The trans-splicing ribozyme may further containing a desired rhodopsin transcript at 3?-end. The trans-splicing ribozyme may further contains an antisense sequence that is complementary to a region downstream the target binding site of the rhodopsin transcript. A nucleotide molecule encoding the trans-splicing ribozyme is also disclosed. Delivery systems to delivery the nucleotide molecule and/or the trans-splicing ribozyme to target tissue or cells as well as uses of the trans-splicing ribozyme, the nucleotide molecule, delivery systems, or pharmaceutical compositions containing any of them are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2021
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Applicant: Rznomics Inc.
    Inventors: Seong-Wook LEE, Ji Hyun KIM, Seung Ryul HAN
  • Patent number: 11078487
    Abstract: A cancer-specific trans-splicing ribozyme and a use thereof are disclosed. The trans-splicing ribozyme does not act on normal tissue, but is specifically expressed in cancer tissue. Therefore, it is very safe and has excellent expression efficiency at the post-transcription level, and thus can be effectively used in treatment of cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignees: Rznomics Inc., Dong-A University Research Foundation for Industry Academy Cooperation, Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation, Dankook University
    Inventors: Seong-Wook Lee, Chang Ho Lee, Seung Ryul I Han, Ji Hyun Kim, Eun Yi Cho, Jin Sook Jeong, Mi Ha Ju
  • Publication number: 20200270612
    Abstract: A cancer-specific trans-splicing ribozyme and a use thereof are disclosed. The trans-splicing ribozyme does not act on normal tissue, but is specifically expressed in cancer tissue. Therefore, it is very safe and has excellent expression efficiency at the post-transcription level, and thus can be effectively used in treatment of cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2020
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Applicants: Rznomics Inc., Dong-A University Research Foundation for Industry Academy Cooperation, Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation, Dankook University
    Inventors: Seong-Wook Lee, Chang Ho Lee, Seung Ryul I Han, Ji Hyun Kim, Eun Yi Cho, Jin Sook Jeong, Mi Ha Ju
  • Patent number: 10280420
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a recombination vector, a transformation cell into which the recombinant vector is introduced, a ribozyme expressed from the recombination vector, a prophylactic or therapeutic composition for liver cancer comprising the recombination vector and the ribozyme, and a therapeutic method for liver cancer using the composition, said recombination vector comprising: a tissue-specific promoter; and a ribozyme-target gene expression cassette comprising a trans-splicing ribozyme targeting a cancer-specific gene and a target gene connected to the 3? exon of the ribozyme, wherein a splicing donor/splicing acceptor sequence (SD/SA sequence) is connected to the 5? end of the ribozyme-target gene expression cassette, woodchuck hepatitis virus posttranscriptional regulatory element (WPRE) is connected to the 3? end of the ribozyme-target gene expression cassette, and a nucleic acid sequence recognizing a micro RNA-122a (microRNA-122a, miR-122a) is further connected to the 3? end of the WPRE.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: RZNOMICS INC.
    Inventors: Seong Wook Lee, Ju Hyun Kim, Jin Sook Jeong, Sang Young Han